Thursday, June 16, 2011

I always enjoy it when others show their favorite antique stores and "hidden treasure spots".
So today I am going to tell you about mine......Bernie's Antiques. Nothing fancy, no "vignettes",
no "shabby chic", (definitely no foofoo smell) Just Bernie on his stool, coffee cup in hand,
lots of good conversation and STORIES, a willingness to search the back room for you,
and LOTS of good junk to dig thru. Actually it's very organized and he knows where everything is.

Bernie and I like the same things......so here's a peek................(you can enlarge photos)

I'll even show you the best first!

DEATH DOLLS.....................

..........Probably made in memory of someone.....

This was my favorite thing in the store, the thing I can't stop thinking about.

According to Bernie they are very old.(?)

He thinks they were made from fabric, wrapping, weavings, whatever you want to call it

that had been uncovered from burial sites in the mountains somewhere in South America . Sites that were uncovered from being washed away by rain.

(He mentioned mummies.) (?)

I know nothing of that culture, so can only go by what he told me, although now I am going to research it.

If anyone knows anything about this I would LOVE to hear from you since I am still considering the dolls, just would like to research it a bit first. (They are a bit spendy, that's why I am being cautious . )

He said he had see them before made with two dolls, this was the first time he had seen four.

(they are fairly heavy for their size, maybe filled with sand?)

And then..............................

Mammoth ivory......

Over 10,000 years old.

ME: "Bernie.....this is so cool....where did you get it?"

BERNIE: "I bought it from a guy that used to live in a remote area

in Alaska. He would go up there and stay....every couple of weeks or so a plane

would drop him some supplies.

He would walk along the creeks (it might have been rivers) and find these pieces

of tusks that the water uncovered"

So of course...I had to buy some..............

This is what I bought..........

Mammoth Ivory, a Tusk, some Nails.... Walrus or Sea Lion

Box of Ivory

The color on those old teeth is amazing.

Bernie does have other cool stuff,

More photos than most.....................

Are you getting the picture??

This photo of The oriental Embalming School has been there

for a long time......Bernie bought the estate of the owners of

that business......but that's a story for another day.

Make no mistake, Bernie has lots of other stuff.....his business card says.....

Hard to find, interesting old stuff, movie and TV show props, Roseville, etc.

Monday, June 13, 2011

This weekend I went to a small sale near my daughters house. We were supposed

to be painting, but had to run to the store and well.......................

I am thinking maybe the sale sign had a magnet in it.

(My daughter claims I gave her whiplash turning into the sale.)

(WHATEVER!!!)

Anyway, I love my prims...hardly ever find them at garage sales

HAD TO GET THEM!!!!

It was only when I was unloading the boxes to get a quick shot of

them that I realized that the Dye box was all there. When I put it on my pile at the sale I barely glanced at it and thought it was just the inset. I have another Putman Dye box but it is much heavier, in fact wood.

I have seen metal ones but this is the first time I have seen one where the graphics are on paper.

Does anybody know which are oldest?

Marilyn , if you want this box for Libby Dog for her leashes, brushes

or whatever.....it's yours!!

I don't really know why I bought THESE BOXES

I don't need THESE BOXES

I just couldn't resist THESE BOXES

I better think of something to do with THESE BOXES!!!!!

It's really hard after buying for resale to find something at a good price

that you would have normally bought.......and walk away!!!

Maybe I have a little sale of my own in my future.........???????

Working around the place yesterday we did some "junking" too.

Gary found me this owl feather that one of our resident owls dropped.

It's the first one we have found.

We had been hearing him all morning calling to another owl, must have heard back something he liked and took off in a hurry.

The owls have been here for 3-4 years now.

Barred owls we think.

But they are slackin', for as many as I hear we shouldn't have ANY rabbits pestering us in the garden.

........."I came to an old adobe house that was quite dilapidated, but I could tell it had been

loved long ago. I decided to go in and take a look through the cobwebs and dust. It was there that I spotted the old prescription book. Leather-bound, with the names of her patients, illnesses and the how-to information to make her healing jewelry"......................................

NO, this isn't a novel, it is an actual book on making jewelry .

There is for example directions for......"believe-in-myself "bracelet, and French tells why she chose the components she did and what properties each is believed to possess.

It's a fun read as well as giving very detailed and complete directions for making

the different jewelry projects.

Frenchs' bio says she is a "curandera" (healing woman)

from a small Texas town. If you like a little folklore and herbs

mixed in with your jewelry making this might be a good book for you.

It's also available at Amazon, but I didn't want to wait..............